1793 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

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1792 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
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  1791 January 7, 1793 (1793-01-07) and March 20, 1793 (1793-03-20) 1794–1795  

All 2 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Anti-Administration Pro-Administration
Last election20
Seats won20
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

Vermont had no apportionment in the House of Representatives before 1790 census because it was not admitted to the Union until 1791. Vermont's election laws at the time required a majority to win election to the House of Representatives. If no candidate won a majority, a runoff election was held, which happened in the 1st district .

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates [1]
Vermont 1
"Western district"
Israel Smith Anti-Administration 1791 Incumbent re-elected.First ballot:January 7, 1793
Israel Smith (Anti-Admin) 44.2%
Matthew Lyon (Anti-Admin) 33.8%
Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 17.8%
Samuel Hitchcock 4.2%

Second ballot:March 20, 1793
Israel Smith (Anti-Admin) 51.0%
Matthew Lyon (Anti-Admin) 44.0%
Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 4.3%
Samuel Hitchcock 0.6%
Others [2] 0.1%
Vermont 2
"Eastern district"
Nathaniel Niles Anti-Administration 1791 Incumbent re-elected.Nathaniel Niles (Anti-Admin) 60.3%
Elijah Paine (Pro-Admin) 14.0%
Stephen Jacob 7.7%
Paul Brigham (Anti-Admin) 4.4%
Samuel Cutler 3.9%
Daniel Buck (Pro-Admin) 3.5%
Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 2.2%
Others 4.0%

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  1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
  2. Four individuals received 1 vote each